2 Corinthians 6:4
but in every thing approving ourselves as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
Cross References
Luke 21:19In your patience possess ye your souls.
Acts 9:16for I will shew him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Acts 20:34but ye yourselves know that these hands have by labour furnished necessaries for my own wants, and for those who were with me.
Romans 5:8But God commendeth his own love towards us, that, though we were yet sinners, Christ died in our stead.
Romans 14:18For he who in these things is the servant of Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 6:2-11
Ministry of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5… Read the whole commentary →